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The eHealth platform as a support ofhigh quality healthcare andadministrative simplification
Frank RobbenGeneral Manager eHealth platformSint-Pieterssteenweg 375B-1040 BrusselsE-mail: [email protected] platform website: https://www.ehealth.fgov.bePersonal website: www.law.kuleuven.be/icri/frobben
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Structure of the presentation some evolutions in healthcare objective and missions of the eHealth platform vision and strategy basic architecture current status and future priorities
• basic services• value-added services• authentic data sources
advantages of the eHealth platform for patients and healthcare providers
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Some evolutions in healthcare more chronic care instead of merely acute care remote care (monitoring, assistance, consultation,
diagnosis, operation, ...), including home care pluridisciplinary, transmural and integrated care patient-oriented care and patient empowerment rapidly evolving knowledge => need for reliable,
coordinated knowledge management and accessibility threat of excessively time-consuming administrative
processes reliable support for healthcare policy and research
requires reliable, integrated and anonymous information cross-border mobility
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Those evolutions require ... collaboration between all actors in healthcare efficient and safe electronic communication between all
actors in healthcare high quality electronic patient records, across specialties care pathways optimised administrative processes technical and semantic interoperability guarantees for
• information security• privacy protection• respect for the professional secrecy of healthcare providers
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Overall objective of the eHealth platform how?
• through a well-organised, mutual electronic service and information exchange between all healthcare actors
• with the necessary guarantees in the area of information security, privacy protection and professional secrecy
what?• optimization of healthcare quality and continuity • optimization of patient safety• simplification of administrative formalities for all healthcare actors• reliable support of healthcare policy and research
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Missions of the eHealth platform development of a vision and a strategy for effective,
efficient and secure electronic services and information exchange in healthcare, with respect for privacy protection and in close cooperation with the various public and private healthcare actors
documentation of useful IT related functional and technical norms, standards, specifications and basic architecture for the use of IT to support this vision and strategy
verification that software packages managing electronic patient records comply with established IT related functional and technical norms, standards and specifications, as well as registration of these software packages
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Missions of the eHealth platform creation, development and management of a
cooperative platform for safe electronic data exchange with the corresponding basic services (see below)
agreement on a task division regarding the collection, validation, storage and availability of data exchanged over the cooperative platform and of the quality norms with which this data must comply, and verification of continued compliance with these quality norms
promotion and coordination of the realisation of programmes and projects which reflect the vision and strategy and use the cooperative platform and / or the corresponding basic services
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Missions of the eHealth platform management and coordination of IT related aspects of
data exchange in relation to electronic patient records and electronic medical prescriptions
role as an independent trusted third party (TTP) for the coding and anonymising of personal healthcare data for certain organisations, listed by law to support scientific research and policy
promotion of necessary changes for executing the vision and strategy
organisation of cooperation with other public services working on the coordination of electronic services
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Vision and strategy no central storage of personal healthcare data safe electronic data exchange between all actors in
healthcare if the patient wishes so, gradual referencing to places
where his / her personal health data are available, without being able to deduce from those references any intrinsic information about health
unrestricted application of law concerning• privacy protection• professional secrecy• patient rights• the exercise of medicine
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Vision and strategy special attention to information security and privacy
protection• end-to-end encryption of exchanged personal health data• very thorough preventive access control• personal health data can only be exchanged through the eHealth
platform with permission provided legally, by an independent Sectoral Committee of the Privacy Commission or by the patient
• logging of electronic services performed (who, what, about whom, when – not exchanged personal health data !)
• information safety policies and advisors respect for and support of
• existing local or regional initiatives regarding electronic cooperation in healthcare
• private initiatives regarding electronic service to healthcare actors
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3. Vision and strategy use of the eHealth platform is optional, not mandatory platform is managed by the representatives of the
various healthcare actors respect for the therapeutic liberty of healthcare providers the eHealth platform does not change the intrinsic task
division between the various healthcare actors control of safe operation of the eHealth platform by an
independent Sectoral Committee of the Privacy Commission
the eHealth platform does not perform studies itself and provides no intrinsic policy support in the area of healthcare
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Basic servicesBasic serviceseHealth platformeHealth platform
Network
Basic Architecture
Patients, healthcare providersPatients, healthcare providersand institutionsand institutions
ADSADS ADSADSADSADS
Suppliers
Users
eHealth eHealth platformplatformPortalPortal
Health PortalHealth PortalVASVASVASVASVASVASVASVAS Healthcare Healthcare
institution institution softwaresoftwareVASVASVASVASVASVASVASVAS
MyCareNetMyCareNetVASVASVASVASVASVASVASVAS
Care provider Care provider softwaresoftware
VASVASVASVASVASVASVASVASRIZIV-INAMI RIZIV-INAMI
sitesiteVASVASVASVASVASVASVASVAS
ADSADSADSADSADSADS
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Basic Architecture value-added service (VAS)
• a service made available to patients and / or its health care providers
• the provider of a value-added service can for this purpose use the basic services offered by the eHealth platform
basic service• a service developed and made available by the eHealth platform,
which can be used by the provider of a value-added service in developing and offering that value-added service
authentic data source (ADS)• a database containing information that can be accessed via the
eHealth-platform• the database manager is responsible for the availability and
(organisation of) the quality of the information made available
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Task division 9 multifunctional basic services are provided free of
charge by the eHealth platform the development and maintenance of the value-added
services is the primary responsibility of other actors for certain value-added services, the eHealth platform
acts as the developer or hosting platform the development and maintenance of the authentic data
sources is the primary responsibility of the other actors in order to guarantee good performance of its basic
services, the eHealth platform hosts "read-only" copies of certain authentic data sources not containing personal health data concerning patients
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Norms, standards and specifications the choice was made to work as much as possible based
on open standards or, at least, open specifications in order to prevent dependence on one or a limited number of suppliers
norms are established for registration of the software packages for GPs
a number of technical interoperability standards have already been defined• KMEHR (Kind Messages for Electronic Healthcare Records) with
message structure in XML• X.509 (certificates)
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Norms, standards and specifications in a number areas, semantic interoperability standards
have been defined• hospitals: ICD-9• GPs: ICD-10 and ICPC2• physical therapists: ICF• clinical laboratories: LOINC
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Basic Services fully operational
1. coordination of electronic processes
2. web portal (https://www.ehealth.fgov.be)
3. integrated user and access management
4. logging management
5. system for end-to-end encryption• for communication of data to a recipient known at the time of the encryption• for communication of data to a recipient not known at the time of the
encryption
6. personal electronic mailbox for each healthcare supplier with limited features
7. electronic time stamping
8. coding and anonymisation
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Basic Services operational by the fourth quarter of 2010
6. personal electronic mailbox for each healthcare supplier with full features
operational by the end of 20109. reference directory (“metahub”)
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Coordination of electronic processes
Application Application ApplicationClients
eHealth Service Bus (ESB)
Providers Application Application Application
OrchestrationOrchestration Application Integration & Monitoring
Exposed services
Consulted services
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Web portal
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User and access management
UserPolicy
Application(PEP)
Application
PolicyDecision (PDP)
Policy Administration
(PAP)
Policy Information(PIP)
Policy Information(PIP)
Policy Repository Authentic Source Authentic Source
Administrator
Action on application
Action on application ALLOWED
Action on applicationDECLINED
Fetch Policies
InformationQuestion/Answer
InformationQuestion/Answer
Decision answer
Decision request
Authorisation management
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EncryptioneHealth platformHealthcare actor
Person or entity
Inte
rnet
Iden
tific
atio
nce
rtifi
cate
Iden
tific
atio
nce
rtifi
cate
Web serviceRegister key
Connector or other software togenerate key pair
Sendspublic key
Stores private keyin a secure way
Public keysrepository
1
2
2
Authenticates sender
Storespublic key
3
4
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Iden
tific
atio
nce
rtifi
cate
Encryption
Internet
eHealth platform
Public keysrepository
Authenticates sender
Sendspublic key
2
3
Message originator
Iden
tific
atio
nce
rtifi
cate
Asks for public key
Encryptsmessage
4
1
Message recipient
Decrypts message5 Stored
privatekey
Identificationcertificate
Web serviceAsk public key
Send message
Any protocol
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Encryption
User 2Recipient
User 1Originator
Key Management
/ Depot
MessagesDepot
1 asks for key
2 sends keySymmetric
keyEncrypted with public
key of user 1
3 sends encrypted message
Message encrypted with
symmetric key
Encrypted with public key of
Message depot
Message encrypted withsymmetric key
4 justifies right toobtain key
4 justifies right toobtain message
Symmetric key
Encrypted with public
key of user 2
5 receives key
5 receives message
Message encrypted with
symmetric keyEncrypted with public key of
User 2
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Electronic time stamping
User
document A1
hashcode A
eHealth platform
2hashing
document B
hashcode B
timestamp bag3
electronictime stamping
4
electronicsignature
5
archive6
archive6
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Value-added services in production
• support of electronic care prescriptions in hospitals (basic service 7)
• downloadable, supportive software for the drafting and management of pharmacotherapeutic hospital forms (PharmaFormulary) (basic service 2)
• registration in and consultation of the Cancer registry (basic services 2 and 3 – currently encryption by system specific to the Cancer registry)
• PROCARE RX (Project on Cancer of the Rectum – Central Image Repository) where radiologists can upload and send anonymous X-rays and accompanying information to experts for review or a second opinion (basic services 2 and 3)
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Value-added services in production
• registration in and consultation of the registry of hip and knee prostheses (Orthopride – Orthopedic Prosthesis Identification Data) (basic services 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5)
• registration in and consultation of the registries of care provided for heart implants, including with a focus on obtaining authorisation for reimbursement of such implants (Qermid) (basic services 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5)
• reports on MUG interventions (Smureg) (basic services 2, 3 and 4)
• consultation of wills regarding euthanasia (basic services 2, 3 and 4)
• online registration system for coded data on vaccinations against the H1N1 virus (basic services 2, 3, 4 and 8)
• elections for medical doctors (basic service 3)
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Value-added services in production
• feedback to hospitals on the healthcare they provide and its costs (basic services 2, 3 and 4)
• electronic management of on-call GP and dentist shifts (Medega) (basic services 2, 3 and 4)
• opening of digital library developed by Center for Evidence Based Medicine (basic service 2)
• electronic third party invoice transfer by nurses (nurse groups) to health insurance funds (basic services 2, 3 and 6)
• electronic consultation of health insurance coverage of patients by nurses (nurse groups) (basic services 2, 3 and 6)
• resident assessment instrument (BelRAI) (basic services 2, 3 and 8)
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Value-added services in production
• platform for data exchange between the Flemish Agency for Care and Health and its subsidiated institutions (VESTA) (basic services 2, 3 and 4)
• online registration system for private services in the Special Youth Welfare sector in Flanders (basic services 2, 3 and 4)
• SARAI care portal of the Antwerp Hospital Network (ZNA) in support of (basic services 2 and 3)
- collaboration between GPs, specialists and care teams throughout the care pathways of the RIZIV-INAMI (diabetes and renal insufficiency)
- contribution of GPs during the pluridisciplinary oncology consultation
• electronic birth registration (eBirth) (basic services 1, 2, 3, 5 and 8)
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Value-added services being tested
• registration in and consultation of the shared electronic arthritis file, including electronic processes for reimbursement of anti-TNF medication (Safe – Shared Arthritis File for Electronic use) (basic services 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5)
• electronic transfer of medical administrative documents (request for fixed fees, toilets, palliative patients, technical dispensations) by home nurses to health insurance funds (basic services 2, 3 and 6)
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Value-added services under construction
• mutual electronic exchange of relevant information in electronic patient records between (regional and local networks of) healthcare institutions and/or healthcare providers (basic services, 1, 3, 4, 5 and 9)
- the overall basic architecture has been defined- all (sub)regional networks work together- "Group 19" elaborates
the technical and semantic interoperability standards the web services to be developed
- the Board of Directors of the eHealth platform and the Sectoral Committee elaborate
the manner in which the informed consent of the patient is obtained the manner in which a therapeutic relationship between a patient on the
one hand and a healthcare institution or provider on the other is demonstrated
- the eHealth platform developed the metahub as well as a fictive test hub to test the electronic exchange of data between hubs by the end of 2010
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Reference directory is developed through a trapped system
• reference to the care provider(s) or care institution(s) where one or more electronic documents are available for a patient is, with the informed consent of the patient, stored in a local or regional reference directory (a so-called "hub")
• the reference directory managed by the eHealth platform (the so-called "metahub") only contains references to the hub(s) where references for a patient are stored
development through a trapped system• respects the organisation of regional and local networks between
care providers and/or care institutions• avoids the possibility that health information about the patient
can be deduced from the information stored in the reference directory and managed by the eHealth platform
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Reference directory publication of the reference in a hub and the metahub
requires the informed consent of the patient concerned access to information to which reference is made in a
hub requires a therapeutic relationship between the requesting care provider and the patient concerned
a guidance committee has been created within the Consultation Committee of the eHealth platform
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Exchange of patient data: now
Remote files unknown
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Exchange of patient data: future
A
CB
1: Where can we find data?
3: Fetch data from hub A
3: Fetch data from hub C
Meta-Hub
4:All data available
2: In hub A and C
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Value-added services under construction
• simplification and computerisation of the administrative formalities of healthcare providers and institutions
- optimised electronic processes to obtain access to reimbursement of certain healthcare costs (chapter IV): complex programme with several stakeholders and projects
authentic source pharmaceutical products, including reimbursement conditions (FAGG, RIZIV-INAMI, BCFI)
creation and dispatch of requests (software packages for prescribers and web application)
processing of requests and database of approvals (health insurance funds and NIC)
consultation of approvals and dispensation of pharmaceutical products (software packages for pharmacists)
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Simplification of Chapter IV requests
A couple of days
A couple of days
A couple of
days
After many daysSickness fund
medical advisor
Prescriber
Pharmacy
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Simplification of Chapter IV requests
A few seconds
A few seconds
Prescriber
Sickness fund
medical advisor
A few seconds
Pharmacy
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Simplification of Chapter IV requests
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Value-added services under construction
• electronic accessibility of health insurance coverage status and of other relevant administrative information about the patient for pharmacists, laboratories and rest home and care institutions (basic services 2 and 3)
• system for out-patient electronic prescriptions for pharmaceutical products (basic services 1, 3, 4, 5 and 7)
- the use cases have been determined- the interoperability standards have been determined- the Recip-e consortium has been created- the mission for temporary storage of encrypted prescriptions has been
contracted out by the Recip-e consortium, with the support of the eHealth platform, to an IT service provider
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Value-added services under construction
• electronic registration in and consultation of the evaluation of disabled persons in the information system (Medic-e) of the Federal Public Service Social Security (basic services 2 and 3)
• PROCARE Data Entry with which the data on rectal cancers can be entered online (basic services 2 and 3)
• entry of several pieces of data registered by emergency rooms in hospitals to allow the government to take the necessary measures in the event of an emergency situation (UREG) (basic services 5 and 8)
• electronic referral of patients between healthcare providers / institutions
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Value-added services under construction
• revision of the application for supplying an organ donation authorisation (Orgadon) (basic services 2, 3 and 4)
• interactive website for Ethics Committees regarding trials in Belgium (basic services 2 and 3)
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Value-added services under study
• priority areas for computerisation of hospitals• electronic transfer of incapacity for work certificates to employers
and schools• electronic transfer of certificates and bills to insurance
companies who provide hospitalisation insurance• electronic transfer of medical certificates for the issue of driver's
licences• electronic exchange of data on occupational diseases• electronic collection of data on treatments for drug use in order
to implement the European protocol for the Treatment Demand Indicator (TDI)
• electronic access to data for the patient• …
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Accessible authentic data sources national registry and CBSS registries for actors
authorised for access• managers: Federal Public Service of Home Affairs and
Crossroads Bank for Social Security• contain basic identification information about physical persons
registry of healthcare providers• manager: Federal Public Service of Public Health, Food Chain
Security and the Environment• contains information on a healthcare provider’s diploma and
specialism identified by using their identification number for social security (INSZ)
databank of RIZIV-INAMI authorisations• manager: RIZIV-INAMI• contains information on a healthcare provider’s RIVIZ-INAMI
authorisation identified using their INSZ
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Authentic data sources under development database of pharmaceutical products
• managers: FAGG, RIZIV-INAMI and BCFI• will contain the following in phase 1
- authorisations- composition- scientific information leaflets- reimbursement conditions
• will contain the following in phase 2- interactions between the active substances of pharmaceutical products- interactions between the active substances of pharmaceutical products and
patient characteristics
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Authentic data sources under development database with patient rights under health insurance
• manager: health insurance funds• will contain information about the health insurance status and
other rights of patients under health insurance
database of best practices on the treatment of patients for certain diagnoses• manager: Center for Evidence Based Medicine under the RIZIV-
INAMI• will contain best practices on the treatment of patients for around
1500 diagnoses
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Advantages for the patient
• added value in terms of healthcare quality and patient safety• in certain cases, quicker service• more transparency
for the healthcare provider• less administrative formalities, enabling to spend the maximum
available time on healthcare• improved support in the practice of one’s profession• one connection to electronic platform suffices for the use of
several applications• greater legal certainty for electronic data exchange• easier referrals between healthcare providers / institutions• support of cooperation, locally and regionally as well
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For more information eHealth platform portal (https://www.ehealth.fgov.be)
contains detailed functional and technical documentation on• the basic architecture• the 9 multifunctional basic services provided by the eHealth
platform• the value-added services that use these basic services• those authentic sources already available• the norms, standards and specifications• all KMEHR messages
own website (http://www.law.kuleuven.be/icri/frobben) contains all slides used in presentations
Th@nk you !
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